overinternalize

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ internalize.

Verb

overinternalize (third-person singular simple present overinternalizes, present participle overinternalizing, simple past and past participle overinternalized)

  1. (rare, ambitransitive) To tend to take responsibility for things one isn't responsible for.
    • 2000, Michelle R. Dunlap, Reaching Out to Children and Families: Students Model Effective Community ...‎[1]:
      Try not to take things personally. You do not want to overinternalize events for which you are not responsible.
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